maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the worst experience you have ever had involving Viruses/Malware?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst experience you have ever had involving Viruses/Malware?maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-24 months agoWas reading about the latest malvertising exploit on bleepingcomputer when lo and behold, said malvertising ad hit and tried to take over my PC. That was the last time I used the internet without an adblocker. I do have to admire the irony of a malvertising ad hitting bleepingcomputer on the article about said ad.
minus-squaressm@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoI think lot of people don’t realize that you can get malware just from browser vulnerabilities, and not just from downloading and running malicious files. Adblocking isn’t just an issue of annoyance, it’s an important security tool.
Was reading about the latest malvertising exploit on bleepingcomputer when lo and behold, said malvertising ad hit and tried to take over my PC.
That was the last time I used the internet without an adblocker.
I do have to admire the irony of a malvertising ad hitting bleepingcomputer on the article about said ad.
I think lot of people don’t realize that you can get malware just from browser vulnerabilities, and not just from downloading and running malicious files. Adblocking isn’t just an issue of annoyance, it’s an important security tool.